Campus Rochus

Campus Rochus is an university in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders. Campus Rochus is situated nearby to the prison Gevangenis van Antwerpen, as well as near the hospital Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Rubenshuis.

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Museum

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The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is situated 580 metres southwest of Campus Rochus.

Rubenshuis

Museum

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The Rubenshuis is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself. Rubenshuis is situated 1 km northeast of Campus Rochus.

Cathedral of Our Lady

Church

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The Cathedral of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's seat of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been fully completed. Cathedral of Our Lady is situated 1 km north of Campus Rochus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zuid and Antwerp diamond district.

Zuid

Quarter

The Zuid is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River. The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.

Antwerp diamond district

Neighborhood

Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter, and dubbed the Square Mile, is an area within the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile.